Railway-rail support.



W. P. DAY.

RAILWAY RAIL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION PI LED MAR. 16, 1911. 999,9 Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

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RAILWAY RAIL SUPPORT. APPLIOATION FILED MABLIB, 1911.

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and useful improvements in combined metal WILLIAM P. DAY, OF

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RAILWAY-RAIL SUPPORT.

Application filed March 16,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM P. DAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Supports,of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and concrete stringers and tiesfor railways, and the invention has for its primary object an improvedconstruction of rail support which will be simple and durable inconstruction and eflicient in operation to solidly support the trackrails without any liability of the rails sinking or separating, andwhich will be composed of comparatively few parts that may be cheaplymanufactured and readily assembled and which, in the manufacture willnot require any special processes over and above those that can beeasily carried out by any well equipped rolling mill.

The invention also has for its object a de vice of this character which,while being strong and possessing the characteristics of effectivecoaction with ballast to a marked degree, will, in itself, beexceptionally light and require a minimum amount of steel in itsproduction without detracting from its strength, thereby rendering thedevice capable of competing in cost, at least on an even footing withthe ordinary and short-lived wooden cross-ties. And, the invention alsoaims to generally improve this class of devices, to simplify theconstruction, to increase and strengthen their longevity, and tootherwise make them more useful and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in View, as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists essentially in certainconstructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shallhereinafter more fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is afragmentary perspective view of a rail support constructed in accordancewith my present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectionalview. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a pair of stringers Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1 911.

1911. Serial No. 614,888.

taken at right angles to Fig. 4, and Fig. 4 is a top plan View.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

Each of my improved track-rail supports comprises a pair oflongitudinally extending stringers, designated 1, as a whole, each ofthe stringers comprising a skeleton framework of steel, reinforced withconcrete. In the present instance each of these stringers embodies oneintermediate and two-end I-beams 2 extending transversely of the rail,the I-beams 2 having their baseflanges riveted or otherwise secured tothe recessed portions of the longitudinally extending anglebars 3. Thevertically projecting flanges of the angle-bars are disposed uppermostas shown, so as to' effectually bind the concrete 4: which is filled inbetween the I-beams and angle-bars and to also protect this concretefilling in ballasting.

The I-beams 2 are provided, along one side of the rail 5 with railfasteners 6- in the form of recessed blocks, as shown, said railfasteners being preferably riveted or otherwise permanently secured tothe upper flanges of the I-beams. These fasteners 6 have their recessedinner ends projecting over the adjoining base-flange of the rail 5, andco-act with corresponding fasteners 7, which are detachably secured tothe inner ends of the I-beams so as to engage with the inner base-flangeof the rail. Preferably the detachable fasteners 7 are secured in placeby stud-bolts 8, the upper ends or heads of which are polygonal so as toprovide for the application of a track wrench, or the like, the threadedends of these bolts passing down through the upper flanges of theI-beams 2 and into threaded sockets that are formed in lugs 9 fitting upsnugly against the under sides of the top flanges of the I-beams, asbest shown in Fig. 2, and thereby securely prevented from turning whilethe bolts 8 are being screwed into position.

The stringers 1 are connected together, preferably midway of and attheir ends by transversely extending tie-bars 10 which are preferablyformed of channel steel, the channels facing downwardly, and the ends ofthe tie bars being formed with openings through which extend the bolts 8which serve to secure the fasteners 7 to their subjacent I-beams 2.

In the preferred arrangement of the parts the ends of the tie-bars 1Olie directly underneath the heads of the bolts, the side-flanges of thechanneled tie-bars snugly fitting against the side edges of theunderlying fasteners 7, and fiber-blocks 11 are interposed between thetie-bars 10 and the fasteners 7 underneath, while fiber bushings 12 lieunderneath the heads of the bolts and fit in the bolt openings that areformed in the ends of the tiebars. Preferably, the joint of the rails ismade of one of the saddles that are formed by the transversely extendingmiddle I-beams 2.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the operation of my improved rail support and track brace willbe apparent.

In the preferred manner of constructing the devices, the skeleton framesof the stringers are laid into a form and filled with concrete, theangle-bars 3 effectually protecting the bottom in ballasting. After thereinforced stringers have been placed in position, the rails are set inagainst the outer permanently positioned fasteners, and the innerdetachable fasteners are then secured in place, the tie-bars 10 beinginterposed between the heads of the fastening bolts for the innerfasteners and said subjacent fasteners, the entire structure beingthereby very rigidly formed and serving to effectually hold the railsfrom spreading and sinking, in connection, of course with properballast.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. Adevice of the character described, comprising stringers, each of whichembodies transversely extending saddles, rail fasteners connected tosaid saddles, channel tie bars connected at one end to the inner railfasteners of one stringer and at opposite ends to the rail fasteners ofa stringer opposite, the channels of said tie bars facing downwardly andthe side flanges of the tie bars embracing the side edges of saidfasteners, and means for connecting the tie bars to said fasteners andthe fasteners to the saddles.

2. A device of the character described, comprising stringers, inner andouter rail fasteners supported on said stringers and connected thereto,and transverse tie bars eX- tending from one stringer to the oppositestringer, said tie bars being provided with downwardly projectingflanges engaging the side edges of the fasteners, the ends of the tiebars being connected to the fasteners.

3. A device of the character described, comprising stringers, each ofwhich embodies transversely extending saddles, rail fasteners connectedto said saddles, channeled tiebars connected at one end to the innerrail fasteners of one stringer and at opposite ends to the railfasteners of a stringer opposite, the side flanges of the tiebarsembracing the side edges of said fasteners, and withdrawable meansconnecting the tie-bars to said fasteners and said fasteners to theirsaddles.

4. A device of the character described,

. comprising stringers embodying transversely extending I-beam saddles,rail fasteners supported on said saddles, bolts extending down throughsaid fasteners and the upper flanges of the saddles, interiorly threadedlugs litting up against the under sides of said flanges and receivingsaid bolts, connecting bars interposed between the heads of the bolts ofthe correspondingly opposite fasteners and said fasteners fiber-blocksinterposed between the ends of said tie-bars and the subjacentfasteners, and fiber bushings surrounding the upper ends of said boltsand fitting in the openings formed for said bolts in the tie-bars.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. DAY. [L.s.]

Witnesses.

J. P. MADIGAN, JOHN J. ODONNELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

